I was receiving copies of it yesterday (Thursday), but nothing today. All messages contained a .exe attachment. Since I'm running AVAFTERJM, all the messages were caught as spam. I did not receive any that were not caught as spam.
-------- Original Message -------- > From: Heimir Eidskrem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 3:24 PM > To: declude.virus@declude.com > Subject: [Declude.Virus] Any one heard about or seen this one yet? > > Storm Worm Hits Computers Around the World > By Reuters > January 19, 2007 > > HELSINKI (Reuters)-Computer virus writers started to use raging European > storms on Friday to attack thousands of computers in an unusual > real-time assault, head of research at Finnish data security firm > F-Secure told Reuters. > > The virus, which the company named "Storm Worm," is sent to hundreds of > thousands of e-mail addresses globally, with the e-mail's subject line > saying "230 dead as storm batters Europe." > > The attached file contains the so-called malware that can infiltrate > computer systems. > > "What makes this exceptional is the timely nature of the attack," Mikko > Hypponen, head of research at F-Secure said. Hypponen said thousands of > computers around the world, most in private use, had been affected. > > He said most users would not notice the malware, or trojan, which > creates a back door to the computer that can be exploited later to steal > data or to use the computer to post spam > > > > Regards, > Dennis Curry > System Administrator > SNC-Lavalin GDS > > > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
